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Zelenskyy is a better representative of the values that America stands for than America itself under its current regime.
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God has no hands but ours.
We are here for a reason. Not by accident. Not by mistake. We chose this time, this place, this life.
But what will we do with it?
The world is loud, full of fear and division. It wants to pull us into its drama, make us forget why we’re here. But we are not here to fight battles that were never ours. We are not h…
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My dad called me this afternoon to tell me that the field between our houses was covered with robins, that it wasn’t just one robin that arrived as a sign of spring but a whole field full.
What he didn’t say was that birds were my mom’s thing. She would have been the one to notice. He did in her stead and made sure to bring them to my notice, too.
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I love talking Vulture's annual stunt awards with Brandon Struessnig. Lots of fun stuff this year about FURIOSA, THE FALL GUY, those ads during the Oscars that featured stunt performers, and more.
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You really can’t understand our current moment without understanding the history of the American South.
Because you better believe that the bad guys understand it.
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This is the best short speech about Trump's desecration of our democracy since he's re-entered office.
Read it, absorb it, but most of all, share it.
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Put a chick in it and make it gay!
When it’s cold enough to see the melody
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Not sure if I’m supposed to say this here, but here goes:
Lamenting the loss of what once was on another site, I love “following” people here simply because I cannot get emails on the regular from all the ones whose wonderful work I want to see.
I also love that there is no follower/following count here (at least that I can see—I’m inept at such things). Who cares?
I also noticed recently that I can’t see how many likes, etc. there are on a note without a further step.
I know this place is for lo…
MICKEY 17 is, sadly, not very good. It's neither funny nor fun nor exciting, the central metaphor is unbearably belabored, and the movie jettisons all the interesting ideas from the book in favor of tedious timeliness.
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A reminder: Vladimir Putin could end the war in Ukraine right now, just by ordering his soldiers to go home. No need for treaties or negotiations.
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Norway has just decided to increase its support to Ukraine for 2025 from 35 to 85 billion Norwegian kroner ($7,81 billion). Compared to the size of the population, the Norwegian aid equals $483 billion from the USA.
Tusen takk, Norge!
10 Democrats just voted to censure Democratic Rep Al Green for his Good Trouble move of standing up to a fascist...and this is the response from Dem leadership: "House Democratic leadership is "very unhappy" with those who went beyond traditional protest tactics, such as outfit coordination and refusal to clap during Trump's speech to Congress."
I've seen more outrage from Dem leaders at their own Reps than at Trump for building a concentration camp. smh
Hakeem Jeffries is the “Merrick Garland” of Democratic House leaders and that ain’t a compliment. Jeffries needs to be dumped for a real leader like Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Rep. AOC.
I vote for Jasmine.
These aren’t traditional times!! The Dems need to grow a pair and fight for their constituents
F that Sh!t. We’re obviously on our own. I’m more than “very unhappy” about the lack of Democratic leadership in the face of a major constitutional crisis amidst a hostile Fascist coup while European leaders seem poised at the brink of war to protect their continent from the true bad guys - US.
Why are we forgetting that another Green(e) was disrespecting decorum in 2022, and not to make good trouble, but to be ugly and disruptive?!
We need to resurface this and remind the spineless Democrats that they did nothing when it happened back then!
It’s truly pathetic. Progressives need to form their own party if we have any chance of our democracy surviving.
🤦♀️I thought he was censured by republicans. Omg! Talking about focusing on the wrong shit.
Remember them and vote them out!
I'm very disappointed and enraged that my representative, Marcy Kaptur, was one of the 10. She has always been good for us in Toledo, Ohio, but has really let us down. She no longer has my support and I hope someone primaries her.
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The problem with Social Security isn't "fraud."
The problem with Social Security is that as the rich have gotten richer, more of their income has escaped the cap on the SS payroll tax.
In fact, millionaires stop paying SS taxes today.
We can fix this by scrapping the cap.
WONDERUL NEWS!! Warren Buffett's son Howard has given $500M to Ukraine — he warns the US is making a historic mistake by pulling its support
When I moved to florida four years ago I knew this was a red state. I've been very careful About expressing my feelings about the political situation. But this year has been different.I'm tired of whispering with friends about how we feel. I'm loud, I'm proud. Everywhere I go, people sneak silently past, give me a thumbs up. I am not ca…
